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Elite 6'0" guard from the state of Tennessee. Very good friends with other Gamecock recruits Jazmine Massengill (who's very high on SC) and Elizabeth Balogun (who should be releasing a list very soon).

"Athletic, versatile combo-guard brings size to the back court; explosive in uptempo game, attacks rim off the dribble; elevates in mid-range game; quick-leaper, active on glass, mismatch producer; an elite prospect in the class of 2018."

Wow. From Tenn and doesn't even have them in her list. As far as the sport goes, none of those other schools should even compete with Dawn and SC right now, except maybe UK - who knows what she may be wanting in academics. Hopefully we have a good shot to get her.

Wow. From Tenn and doesn't even have them in her list. As far as the sport goes, none of those other schools should even compete with Dawn and SC right now, except maybe UK - who knows what she may be wanting in academics. Hopefully we have a good shot to get her.

She stated in an interview recently that she likes the idea of playing in the SEC.. but I think Purdue is a contender here. I'm keeping my eye on them as well.

USC in her final 3 along with Kentucky and Purdue. Florida, NC State and Georgia Tech dropped.

Quote:

Bradley Central basketball standout Rhyne Howard has narrow her college choices to a Final 3 — reigning national champion South Carolina, Purdue and Kentucky.

When asked what made her decision to trim the list down to the two Southeastern Conference teams and Big Ten program, Howard said, “Academics and just the relationships I’ve built with the coaches.”

All three schools have strong engineering programs, which is her desired field of study. “I want to be a civil and structural engineer,” the 2017 Miss Tennessee Basketball runner-up related.

Receiving well over 20 offers from top D-I programs over the past two seasons, Howard had narrowed her potential list to a half dozen last fall, but has now eliminated Florida, where her mother played, plus Georgia Tech and North Carolina State from consideration.

Earning all-state honors for a second straight season, Howard is a two-time unanimous District 5-AAA Player of the Year award winner.

Ranked No. 33 on the 2018 ESPN prospect list, she is also a three-time All-Region and four-time All-District player (she played varsity ball as an eighth-grader at East Hamilton before transfering to Bradley).

The dynamic playmaker averaged 19.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.6 steals, 3.8 assists and 1.2 blocks per game as the nationally-ranked Bearettes went 32-1 this past season.

She is currently ranked 14th on the all-time Bearette scoring list with 1,753 points. She scored 647 points in the most recent campaign, shooting 183-of-294 (62 percent) from two-point range, 63-of-157 (40 percent) from beyond the arc, plus 74 percent (92-of-125) from the free throw line.

Posting eight double-doubles, Howard left her mark defensively as well, with a career-best 153 steals to rank third overall in the state.